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By Dyrinda TysonFor The Oklahomandyrinda@gmail.comIf “going green” brings up images of solar panels on the roof and electric cars parked in the driveway, chances are you’re overthinking it.Marla Esser Cloos, of The Home Green Coach/Sustaining Spaces, said she always starts off clients with one basic question: “What is really important to you with your home?”She builds on her work from there.“It’s like anything else,” she said.

From Staff ReportsA 31-year-old man is not expected to survive after he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle near the Plaza District Thursday morning, police said.Officials said it was about 2:40 a.m.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Worn down by three years of indecision in London, European Union leaders on Thursday were grudgingly leaning toward giving the U.K. a bit more time to ease itself out of the bloc, but they warned that if Britain's Parliament spurns the offer, a chaotic exit loomed in just over a week.The deep uncertainty among leaders at an EU summit in Brussels was exceeded only by the high anxiety for politicians, businesses and citizens in Britain.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):8:40 p.m.European leaders are haggling over how long to postpone Brexit if they grant British Prime Minister Theresa May's request for an extension to the U.K's due date for pulling out of the EU.The leaders of the 27 countries remaining in the EU on Thursday initially considered May 22 as the new date, but the change didn't receive the needed unanimous approval. An EU official, who did not want to be identified since the negotiations were ongoing, said support was crystalizing around delaying Brexit until May 7 but including a reference to April 11 in case the U.K. wants to take part in the May 23-26 elections for the EU parliament. The official says "discussions are very intense.